http://www.sportsbooks.ro/ En http://www.sportsbooks.ro/images/logo.gif Sports Articles and Betting Info - Online Sportsbooks http://www.sportsbooks.ro/ Online Sportsbooks info@sportsbooks.ro Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:34:59 CST Tour de France Betting - Contador gets sweet revenge http://www.sportsbooks.ro/sports/en/articles/cycling/tour_de_france_betting_contador_gets_sweet_revenge.html Tour de France betting is complete, as Alberto Contador drank the victor’s champagne during the final stage into Paris, capping what has been a see-saw affair for the Spaniard. Contador was the sports betting favorite heading into the competition, but much of the pre-event talk surrounded the relationship between Contador and Astana teammate Lance Armstrong, who came out of retirement to go...]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 CDT Tour De France Betting - Contador Holds Off Schleck Brothers, Keeps Yellow Jersey http://www.sportsbooks.ro/sports/en/articles/cycling/tour_de_france_betting_contador_holds_off_schleck_brothers__keeps_yellow_jersey.html The sportsbook Tour de France betting odds from stage to stage continually increase in favor of Spanish rider Alberto Contador. Contador, the 2007 Tour de France winner and the pre-race favorite, has got a chokehold on the Tour de France and should be in line to win it again. Stage 17 came and went on Wednesday and although Contador didn’t win, he placed second and ending up increasing his ...]]> Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 CDT Tour de France betting update - Airwaves, track both quiet in Stage 10 http://www.sportsbooks.ro/sports/en/articles/cycling/tour_de_france_betting_update_airwaves_track_both_quiet_in_stage_10.html Maybe British Open betting will bring more excitement tomorrow? Stage 10 of the Tour de France was hyped as a potentially significant point in the race after earpieces and TV sets in cars were banned. The idea was to create drama by forcing the riders to go without crucial strategic tools, but the reverse effect happened. Were you hoping Lance Armstrong’s sportsbook Tour de France odds woul...]]> Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 CDT Armitstead battles to third medal http://www.sportsbooks.ro/sports/en/articles/cycling/armitstead_battles_to_third_medal.html Lizzie Armitstead secured her third medal at her first World Track Cycling Championships as she battled to win bronze in the women's 25km points race. Armitstead's bronze was Britain's ninth medal of the competition - two gold, four silver and three bronze. "I'm the first British female to medal in a bunch race since 1988 and that was the year I was born," she said. After the ex...]]> Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:00:00 CDT Injured Armstrong in Giro doubt http://www.sportsbooks.ro/sports/en/articles/cycling/injured_armstrong_in_giro_doubt.html Cycling legend Lance Armstrong fractured his collarbone in Spain's Vuelta Castilla y Leon on Monday and is a doubt for the Giro d'Italia in July. The 37-year-old American was caught up in an incident about 12 miles from the finish in Baltanas and was taken to hospital for treatment. Armstrong will now fly to the US to undergo surgery. "I am very disappointed. Very," said Armstro...]]> Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:00:00 CDT Dominguez wins first stage of Tour de Georgia http://www.sportsbooks.ro/sports/en/articles/cycling/dominguez_wins_first_stage_of_tour_de_georgia.html SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Ivan Dominguez gently shrugged off his Toyota-United teammates when they told him the first stage of the Tour de Georgia would be all his-short, flat and ideal for strong sprinters. He was being too modest. Domniguez, of Cuba, won the 71.8-mile opening stage of the weeklong Georgia race Monday, sprinting across the finish line a tenth of a second ahead of a crowded pelot...]]> Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:00:00 CDT Italys Cunego takes ProTour lead after Amstel victory http://www.sportsbooks.ro/sports/en/articles/cycling/italy-s_cunego_takes_protour_lead_after_amstel_victory.html MAASTRICHT, Netherlands, April 20 (Reuters) - Italy’s Damiano Cunego of Lampre took over the lead in the ProTour competition on Sunday after winning the Amstel Gold Race. He beat Luxembourg’s Frank Schleck and Alejandro Valverde of Spain in an uphill sprint at the end of the 257.4km race. Cunego got 40 points for his win after scoring 33 in the recent Tour of the Basque Country s...]]> Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:00:00 CDT Court case involving fired Astana rider will challenge world doping system http://www.sportsbooks.ro/sports/en/articles/cycling/court_case_involving_fired_astana_rider_will_challenge_world_doping_system.html BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- Former Astana team rider Andrej Kashechkin is taking cycling authorities to court over a failed drug test, a case that could have major implications in all sports in the fight against doping. The Kazakh is suing cycling's world governing body in Belgium, challenging several key provisions of the World Anti-Doping Agency's code and contesting the unlimited right of spor...]]> Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:00:00 CDT Police raid labs, homes of former T-Mobile doctors http://www.sportsbooks.ro/sports/en/articles/cycling/police_raid_labs__homes_of_former_t-mobile_doctors.html BERLIN (Reuters) - Officers from Germany's Federal Crime Office (BKA) raided the homes and laboratories of two doctors who once worked for the T-Mobile cycling team, the state prosecutor's office in Freiburg said on Wednesday. The two doctors, Andreas Schmid and Lothar Heinrich, were suspected of producing performance-enhancing drugs and administering them to athletes, the state prosecutor's of...]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:00:00 CDT Unibet.com cycling team to disband after online gambling sponsor pulls out http://www.sportsbooks.ro/sports/en/articles/cycling/unibet.com_cycling_team_to_disband_after_online_gambling_sponsor_pulls_out.html The Unibet.com cycling team will disband at the end of the year because its main sponsor will halt funding. The decision by the Swedish gambling company Unibet follows a long dispute with French race organizers, who refused invitations to the team because France bans foreign gambling advertising. Unibet.com was barred from this year's Tour de France and the Paris-Nice road race. "We expecte...]]> Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:00:00 CDT